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Overview

Welcome to Ryerson, where exceptional career opportunities await. As a leading provider of industrial metal products and services since 1842, we are committed to excellence and best-in-class customer service. Join our team and be a part of a legacy of excellence, where your contributions will be valued, and your development supported.

Responsibilities

  • Applies appropriate welding and assembling applications in a fabrication environment and processes metals such as carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
  • Works according to the layouts, work orders, and blueprints using MIG and TIG welding equipment.
  • Lays out and marks weld points on parts or sub-assemblies of some material.
  • Positions pieces to be welded into jigs and fixtures using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  • Inspects completed work for conformance to specifications.
  • Observes all standard safety practices and maintains and completes all required records.
  • Works in a safe manner as outlined during training and using prescribed safety equipment including PPE.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Successfully pass a skills-based assessment evaluating reading, math, inspections & measurement, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
  • Minimum 3 years experience in a steel or industrial manufacturing setting preferred.
  • Extensive MIG welding experience, TIG welding experience preferred.
  • Forklift and overhead crane experience.
  • Physical ability to pass physical requirements exam for vision, hearing, and mobility.
  • Successful candidates will be enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program as part of their onboarding.

Compensation

  • This position is a Union position. Per Union contract this position pays $31.45. New employees hired shall receive eighty-five percent (85%) of the full rate for the first three months of employment, ninety percent (90%) of the rate for the next three months, and ninety-five percent (95%) of the rate for the next six months.
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How this job compares in Coon Rapids, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $25–$31/hr middle band drawn from 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Coon Rapids, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Coon Rapids, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (8), Award Staffing (3), and U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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